List of Birds of New Caledonia - Honeyeaters

Honeyeaters

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Meliphagidae

The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea. They are nectar feeders and closely resemble other nectar-feeding passerines. There are 174 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in New Caledonia.

  • Dark-brown Honeyeater Lichmera incana
  • New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica (E)
  • Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis
  • New Caledonian Friarbird Philemon diemenensis (E)
  • Crow Honeyeater Gymnomyza aubryana (E)
  • Barred Honeyeater Phylidonyris undulata (E)

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